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The Journal of the Japanese Society for Clinical Microbiology |
Biblioraphy Information
| ArticleTitle |
A Case of Neonatal Bacterial Meningitis Due to Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus |
| Language |
J |
| AuthorList |
Hirofumi Toda1), Kiyofumi Ohkusu3), Michiko Furugaito1), Koji Utsunomiya1), Toshihiro Yamaguchi1), Shochi Naitoh1), Toshinori Kamisako1),2) |
| Affiliation |
1) Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kinki University Hospital
2) Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Kinki University School of Medicine
3) Department of Microbiology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine |
| Publication |
J.J.C.M.: 21 (4), 270-275, 2011 |
| Received |
April 6, 2011 |
| Accepted |
August 24, 2011 |
| Abstract |
We report a 13-day-old girl who was diagnosed as neonatal meningitis and bacteraemia caused by S. gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus. According to the colony and Lancefield's D antigen, the isolated strain was similar to the enterococci. From the result of VITEK2 and 16S rRNA gene sequence, the isolate was identified with S. gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus. Neonatal meningitis due to S. gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus is rarely. However, the identification must be careful of the misidentification of enterococci. |
| Keywords |
Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus |
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